Game apparatus



(No Model.)

A.APAG HE. GAME APPARATUS.

Patented Aug. .20

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONIO APACHE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,649,,dated August20, 189 5. Application filed February 20, 1894. Renewed January 26,1895' Serial No. 536,382. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, ANTONIO APACHE,residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification. The object of my invention is to provide a useful,instructive, and interesting game, especially showing and illustratingthe sports of our native Indians; and the invention consists in thefeatures and details hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of theboard upon which the gameis played; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are details ofthe pieces by which the game is played.

The design of my invention is to provide an interesting game in whichchance or the throw of primitive dice is used to take the progressivesteps toward the completion or finishing of the game; and to that end itconsists inproviding a figured board having a number of stopping places,arranged in series or in a circle, and having either one or severalpoints of entry by which the man may be started around on the game.

In constructing my improved game I use a board A of the desired form andsize, say, preferably, about eighteen inches square, provided with anydesired number of illustrations B, showing the habits, sports, andpastimes of the native American Indian. I provide a circle 0, aboutfifteen inches in diameter, which marks the course around which the gameis to be played, and around the outer circumference of this circle Iarrange a large number of circular spots or stations D, upon which themen or animals are placed during the playing of the game. I arrange atequidistant points, preferably four, around this circle diamond-shapedspots E, which have crossed thereon representations of the differentimplements and articles used by the Indians. These four points, or onlyone, may be used to place the man upon for each of the players duringthe playing of the game and are used as starting-points, though but onemay be used, and each of the players, which may be of any desirednumber, may start from one single point.

hieroglyphics, illustrating the different writcircumference of thecircle.

I provide the blank space within this circle with a number of ings andhistorical events of the Indian, though this space need not necessarilybe used for this purpose, but may be filled in with any desiredpicturesor hieroglyphics relating to Indian life and warfare. In thecenter of the circle I provide a second circle and blank space G, whichmay have a photograph or painting of some Indian chief, warrior, orsoldier.

To play this game, I prefer to use a number of buffaloes H, one of whichis placed upon each of the different stations around the outer I thenprovide a number of Indian warriors I, placed upon horseback, and havinga circular baset' about the diameter of the circular spots D. These menmay be placed upon each of the four diamond spots, ready for playing thegame. I then provide three primitive dice K, the throw of which is togovern the moves of each man.

These are now ready'for play, and player No.

1 throws the three dice, which have one side blank and the other side ofany desired color, preferably red. If three red sides of the dice areturned up, the player is entitled to move five spots, taking up the fivebuffaloes which he has jumped. Player No. 2 then throws the dice, and ifhe throws three also he moves his man'to the same spot that player No. 1occupied, taking his buffaloes and retiring No. l-to the starting-point.Player No. 3 now throws the dice, and supposing he only throws two redand one white, he takes two moves, the idea being that a man moves asmany spots as the dice entitles him to. On the throwing of three blanksthe player takes no move, but is simply allowed to have another throw.If he should throw three blanks three times in succession, the rules mayprovide that he shall take three buffaloes or men from each of theplayers, but have no position upon the game-board. The first playercompleting the entire circuit is considered the winner of the game orhaving the greatest number of points, and the second man takes hisposition in the game according to the number of spots he has moved andthe number of buffaloes in his possession.

, I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to any set rule inplaying the game, but have merely described one method of playing it. Itcan readily be seen that a great -IOO number of variations may beplayed, and inwith one or more points of entry arranged stead of usingbuffaloes Indian warriors may outside of the series circle, lay figuresfor all be provided, having circular bases for placing of the stationson such series circle, lay figures them upon the stations, and mountedwarriors for the point or points of entry for taking up [5 5 or soldiersused to chase them or take them or jumping the figures on aseriesstation, and up, and instead of using the primitive dice aset ofprimitive dice for governing the moves ordinary dice may be used. of thegame, substantially as described.

I claim- ANTONIO APACHE. A game apparatus comprising a board hav-Witnesses: to ing a series of stations arranged in a circle in THOMAS F.SHERIDEN,

a step by step relationto each other, provided SAMUEL E. HIBBEN.

